Story about a mermaid in a quarry pond that a boy plans to rescue as the quarry is to be blown up
I believe there was a YA book of ironic stories that I read between 1979-1983, though it may have been published earlier.
Story I’m looking for: A teenage boy discovers a mermaid living in a pond at the bottom of a quarry. She never breaks the surface of the water, but looks beautiful underneath it. The quarry will soon be dynamited and caved in, so he decides to save her and move her to another pond. When he does capture her, with much difficulty, she is a hideous monster (the water had distorted her features) that nearly kills him. He lets her stay in the pond. The next day the quarry is dynamited and she is buried under the rubble.
The story could have been written earlier than the 1970s, but was probably no earlier than the 60s. I originally thought it was in the same anthology as another ironic story I finally found the name for (“Blue Eyes” by Maurice Level), but every anthology that story was in doesn’t seem to have the mermaid story.
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I believe there was a YA book of ironic stories that I read between 1979-1983, though it may have been published earlier.
Story I’m looking for: A teenage boy discovers a mermaid living in a pond at the bottom of a quarry. She never breaks the surface of the water, but looks beautiful underneath it. The quarry will soon be dynamited and caved in, so he decides to save her and move her to another pond. When he does capture her, with much difficulty, she is a hideous monster (the water had distorted her features) that nearly kills him. He lets her stay in the pond. The next day the quarry is dynamited and she is buried under the rubble.
The story could have been written earlier than the 1970s, but was probably no earlier than the 60s. I originally thought it was in the same anthology as another ironic story I finally found the name for (“Blue Eyes” by Maurice Level), but every anthology that story was in doesn’t seem to have the mermaid story.
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Are you the person who also wrote this id request elsewhere? If so the information in your comment there might be helpful to edit in here.
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Yes, I recently asked Stump The Bookseller, and have asked several other sites over the years. I will add in the info, though I may be remembering wrong as far as the two stories being in the same anthology of ironic stories.
– Aurora Gunn
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I believe there was a YA book of ironic stories that I read between 1979-1983, though it may have been published earlier.
Story I’m looking for: A teenage boy discovers a mermaid living in a pond at the bottom of a quarry. She never breaks the surface of the water, but looks beautiful underneath it. The quarry will soon be dynamited and caved in, so he decides to save her and move her to another pond. When he does capture her, with much difficulty, she is a hideous monster (the water had distorted her features) that nearly kills him. He lets her stay in the pond. The next day the quarry is dynamited and she is buried under the rubble.
The story could have been written earlier than the 1970s, but was probably no earlier than the 60s. I originally thought it was in the same anthology as another ironic story I finally found the name for (“Blue Eyes” by Maurice Level), but every anthology that story was in doesn’t seem to have the mermaid story.
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I believe there was a YA book of ironic stories that I read between 1979-1983, though it may have been published earlier.
Story I’m looking for: A teenage boy discovers a mermaid living in a pond at the bottom of a quarry. She never breaks the surface of the water, but looks beautiful underneath it. The quarry will soon be dynamited and caved in, so he decides to save her and move her to another pond. When he does capture her, with much difficulty, she is a hideous monster (the water had distorted her features) that nearly kills him. He lets her stay in the pond. The next day the quarry is dynamited and she is buried under the rubble.
The story could have been written earlier than the 1970s, but was probably no earlier than the 60s. I originally thought it was in the same anthology as another ironic story I finally found the name for (“Blue Eyes” by Maurice Level), but every anthology that story was in doesn’t seem to have the mermaid story.
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Are you the person who also wrote this id request elsewhere? If so the information in your comment there might be helpful to edit in here.
– TheLethalCarrot
yesterday
Yes, I recently asked Stump The Bookseller, and have asked several other sites over the years. I will add in the info, though I may be remembering wrong as far as the two stories being in the same anthology of ironic stories.
– Aurora Gunn
yesterday
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Are you the person who also wrote this id request elsewhere? If so the information in your comment there might be helpful to edit in here.
– TheLethalCarrot
yesterday
Yes, I recently asked Stump The Bookseller, and have asked several other sites over the years. I will add in the info, though I may be remembering wrong as far as the two stories being in the same anthology of ironic stories.
– Aurora Gunn
yesterday
Are you the person who also wrote this id request elsewhere? If so the information in your comment there might be helpful to edit in here.
– TheLethalCarrot
yesterday
Are you the person who also wrote this id request elsewhere? If so the information in your comment there might be helpful to edit in here.
– TheLethalCarrot
yesterday
Yes, I recently asked Stump The Bookseller, and have asked several other sites over the years. I will add in the info, though I may be remembering wrong as far as the two stories being in the same anthology of ironic stories.
– Aurora Gunn
yesterday
Yes, I recently asked Stump The Bookseller, and have asked several other sites over the years. I will add in the info, though I may be remembering wrong as far as the two stories being in the same anthology of ironic stories.
– Aurora Gunn
yesterday
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– Aurora Gunn
yesterday